Walks in the South West with a café

Just a few metres from the coast path, you'll find refreshment available year-round at Boscastle, perfect after a coastal or valley walk. The café is serving a range of takeaway hot and cold drinks, light snacks including pasties, sausage rolls and sandwiches as well as Cornish ice cream. There's a limited amount of indoor and outdoor seating available.

The Barn Restaurant at Cotehele is open from 10am-4pm, serving a limited range of takeaway hot and cold drinks and some light snacks. Everyone's welcome to use the restaurant, including if you have a pre-booked ticket to visit the garden or are just walking past before exploring the wider estate. There's limited indoor and outdoor seating available at the restaurant, and you're welcome to take your takeaway drinks and snacks to our picnic area or with you whilst you stroll around the garden.

The Quay Kiosk located on Cotehele Quay is open Wednesday-Sunday (closed Monday and Tuesday) between 11am-4pm and serving takeaway hot and cold drinks and scooped ice cream. We’ve introduced new safety measures and we’re only accepting card payment.

The tea-house (not NT) in this peaceful and playful valley garden near Falmouth is open and is serving a range of takeaway hot and cold drinks and some light snacks. Open 10.30am-5pm every day except Mondays.

The Piggery tea-room is open 10am-4pm daily, serving a range of takeaway hot and cold drinks and some light snacks. There is limited indoor seating available. You can visit the tea-room and wider estate at Godolphin without booking a ticket.

Lanhydrock reaches its best in the autumn and winter, with scarlet acers and yellow tulip trees lighting up the estate. You’ll find the Park Café conveniently located for a pre- or post-walk takeaway bite of homemade food made from ingredients sourced locally. Open 10am-4pm daily.

Open daily from 9am-4pm, on the menu here we have a range of light lunches, one-pots, pasties and sausage rolls. Cream teas and baked goods are available too, as well as sandwiches. We're operating a one-way queueing system with social distancing measures clearly marked for your safety. Please wear a mask when queuing indoors. You can take your order away or use the outdoor seating in the café courtyard; indoor seating is available as well.

The tea-room at Trengwainton is a concession run by Nicola Osborne and her team (not NT). Set in its own walled garden, it’s won numerous awards for the quality of the food and service. Open Sunday - Thursday, 10am-4pm (closed Friday-Saturday) until Sunday 1 November.

There is a limited range of takeaway hot and cold drinks, ice-creams and scones available from the tea-room at Trerice, open daily from 10am to 4pm until 1 November, and then open at weekends.

The Old Kitchen tea-room at Arlington Court is open 10.30am-3.30pm daily. Stop by for freshly prepared sandwiches and hot snacks, hot and cold drinks, cakes, bakes, crisps and confectionary.

Sandleigh Tea-Room at Baggy Point is open daily, 10.30am-4pm. There's seating in the allotment garden, or why not take your drink out to Baggy Point to enjoy on a bench with a view?

The Ox Yard restaurant is open everyday until 4pm, with indoor and outdoor seating. Freshly baked pasties and sausage rolls, hand cut sandwiches, locally-made ice creams, cakes, bakes and children's picnic boxes are all on the menu, and you can even get a cream-tea to go, to enjoy in the garden.

Situated just a stone's throw from the Teign Gorge, the café at Castle Drogo is the perfect place to refuel after a long walk. Open 10am-4pm daily, the café is currently providing a limited menu, including sandwiches and light snacks as well as some warm options. Takeaway, outdoor and limited indoor seating is available.

With freshly prepared food and delicious cakes to tempt you, it's clear to see why Café Coleton is award winning. The café at Coleton Fishacre is open and will initially be serving a limited range of takeaway hot and cold drinks and some light snacks.

At Greenway the Barn Café is the perfect place to pick up a tasty lunch, a delicious Devon cream tea or a tempting slice of cake to take away. Open 10.30am-4pm daily until 30 October, then 11am-4pm on Saturdays and Sundays.

You're spoiled for choice for places to grab a drink or something to eat at Killerton. Pop into Stables coffeeshop for freshly made snacks, including soups, sandwiches and sweet treats after a walk, cycle or stroll around the estate. There's seating inside and outside. Inside the Georgian mansion, the Killerton Kitchen takeaway is open daily, 10am-4pm, serving takeaway drinks, snacks and ice cream.

Open 10am-4pm, no matter what tickles your taste buds there’s bound to be something to tempt you in the Stables Café. There’s home-made, seasonally inspired one pots, a range of cakes and traybakes, and even brunch until 11.30am. There's both indoor and outdoor seating; with over 250 acres to explore here, you'll be ready for a rest and refuel.

The deepest river gorge in the South West, with 30m high waterfall, Lydofrd Gorge gorge is filled with wildlife, plants and trees that enchant the senses. The waterfall tea-room is open 11am-4pm every day.

Just a few miles from Plymouth, there are acres of footpaths, ideal for escaping the busy city. After your walk, head to the Park Café, open 10am-4pm daily.

In this dramatic river gorge and ancient woodland, the tea-garden at Watersmeet House has been serving teas since as far back as 1901. You can grab a takeaway Cornish pasty or cream tea daily from 10.30am-4pm.

The Villano Café is the perfect spot to refuel, relax and enjoy the views across Poole Harbour. Now open daily, 10am-5pm, offering a limited takeaway menu.

The tea-room in the heart of Corfe Castle village has unique views of the castle from the garden and a cosy atmosphere complete with open fire when there’s a nip in the air. Open 10am-5pm daily. There's also a café at Castle View visitor centre which can be found next to the car park, and is the perfect pit-stop for a drink and a light bite. Open 10am-4pm daily until 2 November, then 10am-4pm Saturdays and Sundays. From 19 December - 3 January it will be open daily once again, excluding 25-26 December.

There’s so much to choose from in the Stables café, open 10am-4pm daily. Enjoy a treat after a long walk or stop by for a cuppa before you set off to explore the sweeping lawns, Japanese Garden, woodland and parkland walks at Kingston Lacy. There's seating available in the courtyard and plenty of picnic benches set up in the parkland so you can enjoy your lunch or favourite cuppa with a view.

Cradled in a beautiful Cotswold valley rest the remains of one of the grandest Roman villas in Britain. The café here is open from 11am-3.30pm daily, serving takeaway drinks and light bites. The indoor seating area is closed for now, but you can enjoy the glorious views across the countryside from the tables and benches in the Lower Courtyard. There is limited seating available behind the café as well.

The tea-room at Dyrham Park has reopened serving a range of hot and cold drinks, sandwiches, soups, one-pot lunches, baked potatoes, pasties, cakes, bakes, scones, ice creams and snacks. A host will show you to your table and face coverings must be worn when moving around the tea-room. There will be a takeaway option too. The refreshment kiosk will also be open at weekends when it’s busy.

Exploring 10.5 acres of inspiring gardens or walking in the beautiful countryside around Hidcote can build up an appetite. To keep your energy levels up why not pop into Winthrop’s Café, situated within the gardens, and choose from our selection of hot and cold drinks and snacks?

The tea pavilion at this Tudor hunting lodge set proudly in an estate on top of the Cotswold escarpment, looking down into the Ozleworth valley and to the Mendips beyond, is open daily, 10.30am-4pm.

Whether you're after a quick snack, a delicious slice of cake or a cup of coffee, you can pop into the café during your visit. The café is open from 11am-4.30pm each day. The indoor seating area is closed for now, but you are welcome to enjoy the glorious views across the Vale of Evesham from the tables outside.

The takeaway kiosk has reopened (11am-4pm) serving a limited range of takeaway hot and cold drinks and some light snacks. You can pick up a treat to enjoy as you explore the walled White Garden, Rose and Iris Garden and Lily Garden which were influenced by Gertrude Jekyll.

The Tenant's Hall pop-up café is open daily, 10am-4pm. This building was originally designed as the great Gatehouse, and from here now you can pick up takeaway drinks and light bites to enjoy as you walk the garden and soak up the views.

Fyne Court is a hidden gem in the heart of the Quantock Hills. You can explore this wild garden and discover pieces of its history hiding in the undergrowth, and pick up takeaway food and drinks for your walk from the tea-room open 10am-4pm daily.

At this beautiful Arts and Crafts garden of 'rooms' containing a collection of topiary and herbaceous borders the takeaway kiosk is open 10am-4pm daily. Tranquil walks on the estate take you along the River Cary.

Montacute Café is serving takeaway food and drink daily from 10am-4pm, so you can grab a treat after exploring the herbaceous borders, orchard and parkland.

The Cow Barn at Tyntesfield, set in the grade II listed Victorian dairy, is the perfect place to pop in at the start of your visit. On the menu you'll find hot sausage rolls and pasties, sandwiches and the usual variety of cakes and scones.

With stunning valley views, the Pavilion Café is the ideal place for a pit-stop at the halfway point of the longer walking routes. There are hot and cold drinks to takeaway, plus savoury favourites and cakes.

The Circles Restaurant is open from 11am-4pm with a range of sandwiches to choose from, plus sausage rolls and pasties, crisps, chocolate and a selection of cakes and bakes. We also do children's lunchboxes with a choice of sandwiches. You'll find seating available across the Old Farmyard and limited seating inside.

The Stables café is open 10am-5.30pm, serving a limited range of takeaway hot and cold drinks and some light snacks. Limited indoor seating is also available. A perfect pit-stop after a quiet countryside walk through changing autumn colour in Lacock village and the Abbey garden.

Famous for its autumn colours, Stourhead is home to Britain’s largest collection of Japanese Maples. Walkers can enjoy a pit-stop at the restaurant and takeaway kiosk which have reopened 10am-4pm and serve a range of hot and cold drinks, sweet treats and light snacks.

The independently run Rose Garden tea-room at The Courts Garden is open until the end of October serving a range of lunches, cakes, cream teas and hot and cold drinks. Indoor seating and takeaway options are both available from 11.30am-4.30pm (excluding Wednesdays).